Monday 7 September 2020

Upcoming Events - September 2020

I have two online events this week with Pen to Print as part of ReadFest:

ReadFest: Digital Storytelling

Join author Claire Buss for a Digital Storytelling Book Surgery.

Using Digital Storytelling: In March 2020, the coronavirus changed everything, and the UK locked down. This had a massive impact on everybody and gave a huge boost to technology. You've all used new apps, software and methods of communicating with work and loved ones.

One of the unique things that came out of the pandemic was our ability to tell stories digitally as well as a huge appetite for these stories, be it social media, dance riffs or favourite actors reading from favourite books. Claire’s Book Surgery will look at how authors can use these digital storytelling methods in their creation and promotion of novels as well as how we can effectively write technology into our books, without it being clunky or distracting.

Claire Buss is the author of The Gaia Effect, the first book published through the Pen to Print initiative.


Once you have signed up for this session you will receive an email confirmation containing instructions and guidance on how to set up and join the live session on Microsoft Teams. You will also receive a unique code to gain access to workshop activities on Google Classroom.

Booking is essential. Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are found not to have booked a place for this session.

Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are disruptive to a session.

To ensure you don't miss out on the latest updates, please sign up to our e-newsletter.


ReadFest: Write On! Magazine - Passing It Forward Day

Write On! Magazine was born in June 2019, co-created by a team of writing volunteers, and published by Pen to Print. The volunteers bring a wealth of experience, with backgrounds in magazine publication and editing. Some are also authors and poets in their own right.

Bringing together all this creative talent lead to produce Write On! a writing publication full of interviews, articles, and helpful tips to like-minded writers.

As part of ReadFest, we're going to write the longest poem in Barking and Dagenham. Poet and Write on! page editor, Eithne Cullen, will be collecting rhyming couplets to compose the longest poem in LBBD. Write about your writing or your reading or your love of the library...Here's an example: I tire of writing poems and rhyme...

Join the team LIVE:

10.30am-11am: What Makes a Magazine? Editor, Madeleine White introduces Write On! Magazine and gives an insight to the magazine world.

11am-11.30am: Finding your Voice with Farzana Hakim. Welcoming writers of all cultures to explore and talk about what matters to them as an individual and, how to find a voice through writing, creating access to authors to feel empowered.

11.30am-12pm: Writing to a Theme with Claire Buss. A theme in writing is the underlying idea behind an article or story. Deputy Editor, Claire, hosts an insight on writing to a theme adding a few hints and tips along the way.

12pm- 12.20pm: Time Lapse Illustration with Emmanuel Oreyeni. Emmanuel from Oreyeni Arts shows how to create a time-lapse illustration.

12.20pm – 12.45pm: Write On! Magazine and Write On! Extra Screen Presentation

12.45pm-1.15pm: L M Towton – Writing partnerships and Sunday Interviews. Pen to Print Book Challenge 2015 finalists and PRH WriteNow 2018 participants, L.M. Towton (Lauren Towers and Michelle Sutton) talk about being a writing partnership and how they work together despite the 139-mile distance between them (and still stay friends). Join them as they discuss Google Drive, ProWritingAid, internet issues and an apparent shared brain. As well as an introduction and overview of Write On!’s regular Sunday interviews.

1.15pm -2.00pm: Write On! Magazine: Meet the Team: Hosted by Daily Editor Holly who gives us a behind the scenes view to Write On! Extra, join the Daily Editors Discussion and Ask a Question to the Write On! Magazine Team.

2.00pm- 2.30 pm: An Introduction to Showcase & Editing your Submissions with Dan Cross. Dan Cross, associate editor of Write On!, will explain why self-editing your creative writing is important and share his tips for doing so. Dan is a novelist, so his expertise is with prose. But most of his advice applies to non-fiction, short story, and poetry writing, as well. Additionally, Dan will discuss the most common errors he encounters as an editor; why some popular editing tips on the internet do not apply to creative writing; and what he looks for in a submission to Write On!

2.30pm-3pm: Eithne Cullen - The longest poem in Barking and Dagenham. Eithne will be talking about what it's like to be a daily editor and how to get involved in the writing community. We are aiming to write the longest poem in Barking and Dagenham. Poet and Write on! page editor, Eithne Cullen, will be collecting rhyming couplets to compose the longest poem in LBBD which will be published online and in the next edition of Write On!


Please note this event will be recorded throughout the day.

Once you have signed up for this session you will receive an email confirmation containing instructions and guidance on how to set up and join the live session.

Booking is essential. Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are found not to have booked a place for this session.

Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are disruptive to a session.

To ensure you don't miss out on the latest updates, please sign up to our e-newsletter


Claire Buss is a multi-genre author and poet, completely addicted to cake. Find out more about her books on her website clairebuss.co.uk. Join the discussion in her Facebook group Buss's Book Stop.

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